On 20 November 2024, the Swiss Federal Council voted in favour of certain amendments to the Swiss IVD Ordinance. The changes address various aspects, from…
Switzerland: alignment with IVDR extension and Swissdamed implementation
On 14 August 2024, the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) announced Switzerland’s alignment with the EU extension for legacy IVDs, labelling simplification for…
Actors can now register to Swissdamed!
Effective today, August 6, 2024, the ‘’Actors’’ module of the Swissdamed medical devices database is active! Manufacturers, importers, authorised representatives can now register through the…
Swissdamed: roll-out plan of the Swiss database on medical devices
Like the European Union, also Switzerland implemented the obligation to register medical devices and IVD medical devices marketed in their territory – to an online…
Swissdamed: Database for Medical Devices in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Swissmedic enforces the registration of economic operators and medical devices. For this purpose, Swissmedic introduced a new database: Swissdamed. Swissdamed stands for “Swiss…